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"Doctor, if you don't give me something to help me breathe, I'm going to stop!" came the urgent cry of 16-year old Frederick Gable of Loganville. Vowing not to lose another patient to pneumonia, Dr. George Holtzapple successfully created the first application of oxygen, thus saving his patient's life and winning international fame through his discovery. The year was 1885.

Philadelphia is home to the cheesesteak sandwich, water ice, soft pretzels, and TastyKakes, Herr’s, Planter’s and Snyder’s of Hanover.

The Rockville Bridge in Harrisburg is the longest stone arch bridge in the world.

Pittsburgh has over 300 sets of city maintained steps. If they were stacked on top of each other, they would reach over 26,000 feet high. They would measure higher than a lot of the Himalayan Mountains.

In June 1778, a 700 wagon caravan escorted the Liberty Bell on its return to Philadelphia from Allentown along Towamencin's Allentown Road. Nine months earlier, when British troops threatened to capture the city, the bell had been whisked into hiding via the same route. Philadelphia is home to the Liberty Bell.

The Shenango River Dam near Sharpsville is a concrete gravity dam with an uncontrolled center spillway. The roadway crossing the top of the dam, over the spillway is nearly 68 feet above the streambed. The dam has a top length of 720 feet with a base width of 66 feet.

When completed in 1882, the Kinzua Railroad Bridge near Mount Jewett was acclaimed "the highest and longest railroad viaduct in the entire world." Rising 301 feet from the valley floor at its center, with a total length of 2100 feet.

Ringing Hill in Lower Pottsgrove Township is named after the "ringing rocks" which were known for the unique ringing sound they made when struck by a hammer.

Located in the Grape Coast region of Pennsylvania the city of North East has four thriving wineries and is home to the largest Welch's grape processing plant in the country.

Punxsutawney citizens are proud to be over shadowed by their town's most famous resident the world-renowned weather forecasting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil. Punxsutawney is billed as the weather capital of the world.

Some Interesting Laws in Pennsylvania:

- No deals in humanity, by trading, bartering, buying, or selling of infant children (there has to be a law for this?)
- Fortune telling is illegal.
- Bingo is illegal for felons.
- It's illegal to shoot anyone with a paintball gun if they aren't playing the game with you.
- A child's bedroom may not be more than 200 feet away from the bathtub, shower or toilet.
- It is unlawful for a person to use or possess Goldfish or Koi as bait while fishing.
- It is illegal to hunt a*big game animal that is swimming. And it's also illegal to hunt in a cemetery...
- It is illegal to ride in a boat on a trailer while it is being driven on a highway — same goes for mobile homes on trailers. This is probably for the best.*
- There's a reason Pennsylvania car dealerships are closed on Sunday: It would be illegal for them to sell you a car.*It's a vestige of Pennsylvania's blue laws — laws designed to keep Sunday a day of rest. And while many of those laws have been repealed, the one restricting the sale of vehicles remains on the lot.
- All liquor stores must be run by the state.

Re: Monday Trivia: Pennsylvania

I visited Philadelphia a couple of times while on a quilting trip. One year myself and another friend visited the market, saw the liberty bell, visited Benjamin Franklin's gravesite, AND ran up the famous "Rocky steps".

Blessed are the children of the piecemakers for they shall inherit the quilts!

Re: Monday Trivia: Pennsylvania

My dad's family came from PA. I lived in Wilkes-Barre when I was a little girl. My sis & I took a "back to our roots" trip in 2003, which was memorable. I see no mention was made of Lancaster Co. & the Amish, but that's a fascinating area. Now that I'm into quilting, I'd love to go back there for another visit. We also went to Philadelphia & saw the Liberty Bell.